Clean shaven. He seems to be in a considerably lighter mood compared to Korea and Japan. He is wearing his personal signet ring on his right ring finger and a tree ring on his left middle finger. He has worn it at least once before in lieu of the bee ring in one his Brioni ads. Nothing on his left ring finger.
Perhaps stopping by after for harvest in Miraval.
personal signet ring
July 21, London
tree ring
Brioni, March 2021
Could be Thomas Houseago
As the saying goes, the darkest hour is just before dawn. Sit with it.
Harvest season has already started in Provence. He is usually there earlier. With 2 pieces of luggage, this may be an extended trip.
Aluminum Rimowa luggage in the cart. We also saw them in Rome. Angelina brought one back from London.
The woman in a ponytail may be Charlotte Holden, ID'd by some fans previously as an aviation specialist and good friend of Angelina's
She also arranged the Bullet Train plane to Tokyo. The last photo I saw of her with Brad was when he visited his family in Springfield in November, 2019. By coincidence he also brought along a guitar for that trip.
The last time I saw her with Angelina was when she came back from filming Those Who Wish Me Dead in June, 2019
The first time I recall seeing her was when the family came back from Crested Butte. Shiloh also had a guitar with her then.
Compare and contrast. From Paris to L.A. he was giddy. The L.A. photo below was the least giddy I could find. Not so giddy now, and no personal signet ring or any ring on his left ring finger. The bee ring which he sometimes wore on the left when he had two rings is back on the right. The FBI leak may have delayed their plans but I think they need to speed it up.
#BradPitt speaks during a news conference on his new film "#BulletTrain" at a Seoul hotel on Aug. 19, 2022.
But he noted that "Bullet Train" is not a simple action flick to kill time but poses a question about luck and fate and how humans handle them.
"It's about what is luck, what is fate, how much are we puppets of fate or do we have free will," he said. "That's amongst the delivery system of great action and great comedy. Underneath is that message."
He said he was looking forward to having Korean food during his fourth visit to South Korea, following the last one for his war film "Fury" in 2014.
"It's great to be back. I'm not here for the movie, I'm here for the food," he joked. "I wish I had more time to explore."
Arriving midday, with his mask off and smiling at the camera, he wanted to be seen and recognized and his presence in Rome to be known. There were no similar arrival photos of Angelina and the kids. No photos in the days after Brad's arrival. Filming for Without Blood was apparently wrapping up and he had almost a week before Bullet Train promo would start in Paris on July 16.
Looks like two rings on his left ring finger: a signet ring and a band. Not high res enough to distinguish the rings he is wearing on each ring finger but based on the Bullet Train promo photos, one is the bee ring and the other is a new signet ring.
Holding his left hand out and up, he wanted the gold rings on his left ring finger to be clearly seen. The inner ring is similar to what looks like a gold band he was wearing July 9 watching the RHCP concert backstage in Paris (above).
He evidently was eager to show off that for the first time since 2016 he is now able to wear rings on his left ring finger. He did not want to wait until after Bullet Train's promotion.
She wore 4 thin bands the same day (below) -- one on each thumb and two on her left middle finger -- but none on her left ring finger.
Hotel
He could have passed by Miraval on the way down from Paris to Rome. If the silver aluminum Rimowa luggage in the cart beside him are his, he packed for an extended trip. There were no photos of the family after his arrival.
They chose to start Bullet Train's promotion in Europe before its "World Premiere" in L.A. on Aug. 1.
Angelina needed to be in Europe in early July and in L.A. in late July to accompany Zahara to the Spelman fundraiser.
Brad Pitt enjoying Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals show before the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Paris (Stade de France), 09/07/2022
It was rock concert night albeit in different cities.
The above posted video zoomed in on him as he was watching and rocking to the beat (or shadow boxing) of the opening act backstage. He was not visible to the audience and only partially visible to those standing right in front of the stage who knew where to specifically look for him.
When RHCP came onstage he was seen with Edward Norton and Sat Hari(see video below)
Similar to what he was wearing in the Peter Lindberg By the Sea portraits
